particular

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UK /pəˈtɪk.jʊ.lə/ US /pɑrˈtɪk.jə.lɚ/

adj 5noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

absent, advantageous, best, essential, good, other, spanish, vivid

The particular advantage of this new method is that it saves time and money.

VERB + PARTICULAR

choose, concern, couldn't, find, isn't, knows, point, say

I couldn't find anything in particular that I liked at the store yesterday.

PARTICULAR + NOUN

bird, case, clothes, day, food, john, seeke, smith

She has always been very fussy about her particular clothes and refuses to wear anything uncomfortable.

PREP.

about, in, in, on, with

I'm not particularly fussy about what we eat for dinner tonight.

Definitions

adj

Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.

Specific; discrete; concrete.

I couldn't find the particular model you asked for, but I hope this one will do.

We knew it was named after John Smith, but nobody knows which particular John Smith.

Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.

I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism.

wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular juice out of the earth

Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.

or these domesticke and particular broiles, Are not the question heere.

Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).

My five favorite places are, in no particular order, New York, Chicago, Paris, San Francisco and London.

I didn't have any particular interest in the book.

noun

A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.

I did not omit even our Sports and Paſtimes, or any other Particular which I thought might redound to the Honour of my Country.

A person's own individual case.

Since philosophy could never find any way for tranquillity that might be generally good, let every man in his particular seeke for it.

temporal blessings, whether such as concern the public[…]or such as concern our particular

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a fact about some part (as opposed to general)

specific

noun — a small part that can be considered separately from the whol

adjective — exacting especially about details

adjective — first and most important

special

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

for one's particular

For one's part; as far as one is concerned.

For my own particular, I cannot deny, that whatever I have ſaid upon this Occaſion, had been more proper in a Preface, and more agreeable to the Mode, which uſually directs it ther

Example Bank

I couldn't find the particular model you asked for, but I hope this one will do.

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We knew it was named after John Smith, but nobody knows which particular John Smith.

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I could a tale unfold whose lightest word / Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, / Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, / Thy knotted and combined locks to part / And

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I did not omit even our Sports and Paſtimes, or any other Particular which I thought might redound to the Honour of my Country.

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Since philosophy could never find any way for tranquillity that might be generally good, let every man in his particular seeke for it.

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temporal blessings, whether such as concern the public[…]or such as concern our particular

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, particular is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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